New Jersey voters have a big "Bah, Humbug!" for Gov. Christopher Christie as 54 percent see
him more as Scrooge while 28 percent see him more as Santa Claus, according to a Quinnipiac
University poll released today.

There is a small gender gap under the mistletoe as women say Scrooge 57 - 26 percent
and men apply the title 52 - 30 percent.

The Scrooge label runs from 47 - 38 percent among voters at the shore to 61 - 25 percent
in the South Jersey Philadelphia suburbs.

"At this Christmas season, Quinnipiac University turned to Charles Dickens and Clement
Clarke Moore for inspiration," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling
Institute. "We seem to have inspired voters, especially Democrats, to say their governor could
use a visit from the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Maybe next year, Gov. Chris.

"Meanwhile, our message to you and to politicians and poll respondents alike is: 'God
bless us, every one.'"

From December 14 - 19, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,276 New Jersey voters, with a
margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and
nationally as a public service and for research.
For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or Twitter.

34. And on a much lighter note, do you think of Governor Christie more as
Santa Claus or more as Scrooge?